The collaborative law process is extremely flexible and can be used to resolve any kind of family law problem. Although it is most commonly used in issues arising upon the breakdown of a marriage, it can be applied to any situation where a couple require assistance in resolving legal issues relating to their relationship.
The following is a list of examples where the collaborative process can be engaged:
- Grounds for divorce and the divorce process
- Financial settlements on divorce
- Arrangements for children in divorce proceedings
- Grounds for the dissolution of a civil partnership
- Financial settlements upon the dissolution of a civil partnership
- Arrangements for children upon the dissolution of a civil partnership
- Permanent or temporary legal separation
- Pre-nuptial agreements
- Pre-partnership agreements
- Post-nuptial agreements
- Post-partnership agreements
- Reviewing or varying financial settlements upon divorce
- Reviewing or varying financial settlements upon the dissolution of a civil partnership
- Agreeing or reviewing arrangements for children, including disputes over residence (known as “custody”), contact (formerly known as “access”), disputes over choice of schooling or disputes regarding the permanent removal of children from the country
- Financial disputes upon the breakdown of the relationship of a cohabiting couple
- Arrangements for children for unmarried couples (or those not in a civil partnership)
- Issues concerning the parental responsibility of children
- Issues concerning the paternity of a child
